Days off

Another one of the things I love about the emergency department is that we are contracted to work a 38 hour week, and the consultants and other doctors try very hard to ensure that we get to knock off on time. I've heard some horror stories of 70 hour weeks from some of the other interns on the wards and I'm not looking forward to moving to my new posting in 3 weeks time. These 38 hour weeks are split up into two 10 hour and two 9 hour shifts - giving us in effect, a 3 day weekend. There is only one downside to this - occasionally this 3 day weekend falls during the week and there's no one to go out with; so you end up sitting at home and pissing away your free time dreaming of all the cool things you could be doing if it was actually the weekend. But I digress... I love my days off, so far I've caught up with a friend for lunch, done a little bit of shopping and then I'm going out with some other interns tonight to tell a few 'warries' (read general chance to bitch about work conditions, other doctors, nursing staff, the system in general). I love it.